Month: July 2021
July 31, 2021
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On the Trail of a Mysterious, Pseudonymous Author
“It arrived at the height of the pandemic, in a brown envelope with no return address and too many stamps, none of which had been marked by the post office. It…”
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“Debates about technology and progress are often framed in terms of “optimism” vs. “pessimism.” For instance, Steven Pinker, Matt Ridley, Johan Norberg, Max…”
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“Photo by Paula Mariel Salischiker In 1660, John Locke published his Two Treatises of Government , where he set out to resolve the seeming conflict between…”
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Ryuichi Sakamoto on Life, Nature and ‘Time’
“The musician and artist, currently undergoing cancer treatment, unveils a music-theater work about dreams, reincarnation and humanity’s struggle. “I wanted to…”
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Strabismus (Crossed Eyes): Types, Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
“Overview What is strabismus (crossed eyes)? Strabismus (crossed eyes) is a condition in which the eyes do not line up with one another. In other words, one eye…”
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Forget the Individual Snubs. The 2021 Emmy Nominations Reveal a Fundamentally Broken Institution
“T he 2021 Emmy nominations are out, and Tuesday morning’s live announcement stream—hosted by last year’s heartwarming father-daughter winner duo Ron Cephas…”
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Jensen McRae Turned Phoebe Bridgers Impressions into Real Hits
“Bringing you our favorite new artists on the verge of blowing up, breaking ground, or otherwise worth giving a damn about. See More → Jensen McRae keeps a…”
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Other Mammals, Not Dinosaurs, Kept Our Ancestors Down
“Dinosaurs so thoroughly dominated the ancient world that they suppressed the evolutionary possibilities open for mammals. This notion has been around for…”
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Shein is the future of fast fashion. Is that a good thing?
“If you’ve spent some time scrolling and shopping on TikTok, you’re probably familiar with the fashion retailer Shein. From personal experience, however,…”
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The Biggest Threat to Democracy Is the GOP Stealing the Next Election
“The greatest threat to American democracy today is not a repeat of January 6, but the possibility of a stolen presidential election. Contemporary democracies…”
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The Futuristic Stink of Amazon’s Science Fiction
“For years, the megacorporation has churned out sci-fi— Electric Dreams , Upload , Solos —that ranges from obnoxious to just plain noxious. Farts linger, far…”
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Opinion | The Rest of the World Is Worried About America
“Ezra Klein The Rest of the World Is Worried About America July 1, 2021 Credit… Damon Winter/The New York Times By Opinion Columnist This weekend, American…”
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The Beautiful, Baffling Annette Dares You To Take It Seriously
“Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard bare it all, in more ways than one, for Leos Carax and Sparks’ moving, bizarre musical. Photo: Amazon Studios It’s got big…”
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The Pandemic Did Not Affect Mental Health the Way You Think
“You’ve probably heard that the coronavirus pandemic triggered a worldwide mental-health crisis. This narrative took hold almost as quickly as the virus itself.…”
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A lizard’s venom inspired a promising weight loss drug
“A Gila monster is held up on display at an aquarium in Hamburg, Germany, on December 29, 2016. The hormones from the lizard’s venom have led to the development…”
July 30, 2021
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“Among L. Ron Hubbard’s most pressing concerns was a singular problem: how to get his followers to turn their nouns into verbs and verbs into nouns. Like a…”
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The Unfinished Evolution of Aziz Ansari
“Aziz Ansari. (Photo by Cian Oba-Smith / Netflix) In 2009, comedian Aziz Ansari closed his first stand-up special, Intimate Moments for a Sensual Evening , with…”
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The Emerging Movement for Police and Prison Abolition
“The murder of George Floyd last spring provoked an unprecedented outpouring of protests, and a rare national reckoning with both racism and police violence.…”
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A professor became a police officer — and learned what’s really broken about policing
“Protesters clash with police officers during a protest against police brutality near the Federal Courthouse in Portland, Oregon, on December 31, 2020. John…”
July 21, 2021
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“What is a Eurorack Modular Synthesizer? Whether hardware or software, most synths out in the wild have a fixed architecture. This means that the manufacturer…”
July 4, 2021
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“ Art History Photography #autochrome #beach #portraits Dreamlike Autochrome Portraits of an Engineer’s Daughter From 1913 Are Among the Earliest Color Photos…”
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‘Hard to comprehend’: Experts react to record 121 degrees in Canada
“The all-time high of 121 degrees set in British Columbia on Tuesday has left weather and climate experts all over the world shocked, speechless and deeply…”
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““We are our memory… that chimerical museum of shifting shapes, that pile of broken mirrors.” It is already disorienting enough to accept that our attention only…”
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The Conspiracy Singularity Has Arrived
“A few months ago, at a time when it was still safe to have strange experiences in unusual places, I was handed a mysterious document. “ALLIANCES AND TRAITORS…”
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Canadian inferno: northern heat exceeds worst-case climate models
“If you were drawing up a list of possible locations for hell on Earth, the small mountain village of Lytton in Canada would probably not have entered your mind…”
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Rare Events Need Different Methods
“In the next few weeks, I want to discuss some of the broader questions and some of the detailed topics that have come up during the whole coronavirus origins…”